On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending ...
Inside the desperate search for US citizens disappeared in Syria - SPECIAL REPORT: Bel Trew joins those searching Damascus ...
The European Union has imposed sanctions on Syria since 2011 in response to the regime's violent crackdown on civilians. As ...
Around 70 per cent of career soldiers and 80 per cent of officers in the Syrian army, as well as the elite Republican Guard and Fourth Armoured Division, led by Assad’s younger son Maher al ...
The prisons were run by Syrian military intelligence and the Republican Guard, the elite forces stationed in Damascus, Syria’s capital. The U.S. government imposed sanctions on several military ...
Israel has denied claims that its tanks have been advancing towards the Syrian capital, Damascus, but says it has been taking ...
Even the Republican Guard, tasked with defending Damascus and in particular the presidential palace, had lost much of its historical power. At no point after 2011 was the Syrian government in ...
as well as Republican Guard assets in and around Damascus. The rough tally of 200 raids had left nothing of the Syrian army’s assets, they said. Israeli soldiers standing near tanks at the ...
hitting military installations and airbases across Syria, destroying dozens of helicopters and jets, as well as Republican Guard assets in and around Damascus. The rough tally of 200 raids had ...